Capture of Tyre

The Capture of Tyre (late April 1799) was a battle of the French Revolutionary Wars that occurred when the 531-strong French army of Napoleon Bonaparte peacefully captured the city of Tyre in Lebanon. The French army advanced north from Acre, with Bonaparte planning to bridge the gap between his army and the army of Jean-Baptiste Kleber, which had recently captured Beirut. The French army besieged Tyre, facing 480 Ottoman troops under Amcazade Ozdemir, and the Ottomans decided to surrender rather than waste lives. The French victory at Tyre allowed for them to secure their control of the southern Levantine coast, and the French set their sights on Damascus.